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- > > BTW, can gas 1.38.1 from the gcc 2.3.3 package create pc relative
- > > code? This would be needed when I translate my boot block code to
- > > disk..
- >
- > Create? You'll have to code pcrelative..
-
- ??? I'd like to do things in C, not in assembly!
- The question should have been whether gcc produces such
- assembly that gas can compile in to pc relative binary, or not.
-
- > > Then another thing.. at boot block executing time the display hasn't
- > > been opened. It would be quite nice to put some output from boot
- > > loader to console. So, how do I create a display where to put data
- > > (for example by graphics.library Move() and Text())?.
- >
- > Not opening a display
- > from ADos would also have the benefit that NetBSD can profit from some
- > of the compatibility built into the newer chipsets that behaves like
- > older chipsets as long as its not initialized properly. That would
- > mean that AGA probably behave like ECS if not initialized as AGA, and
- > opening a screen could just cause right this...
-
- Ok, I'll leave the textual output only for debugging purposes
- to the source.
-
- ++Tero
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